Crime Stoppers Issues Reward For Pharmacy Robbery

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A reward is issued for tips in connection with a pharmacy robbery on city’s the northwest side. 

Nearly two weeks ago on Aug. 25, shortly before 10 p.m. a man entered the Walgreen’s pharmacy at the corner of Dublin and Click Roads in the Shawnee Hills Region.  Moments later, the suspect pulled a mask over his face and pulled out a dark-colored semi-automatic pistol. 

The robber jumped the pharmacy counter, displayed the gun and demanded Oxycontin.  After getting the drugs, he escorted an employee at gunpoint to a back office before escaping. 

Officials said he fled on foot and should be considered armed and dangerous.

The suspect is described as a white male in his late 20’s, 5 feet 6 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 160 to 170 pounds.  He was wearing a red or maroon T-shirt with a light-colored long-sleeved shirt underneath, light-colored blue jeans, white tennis shoes and a black baseball cap with a mask underneath.

Crime Stoppers has posted a reward of as much as $2,000 for any information received by Sept. 16, 2009, that leads to the arrest and/or indictment of the person(s) responsible for the crime. 

Anyone with information about the crime was asked to call Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS (8477) or e-mail at http://www.stopcrime.org. You also can text a tip to “CRIMES” or 274637 with a keyword of TIP125.

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